Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THETWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Fort Wrlker and Four Cannon to be
Among the Features of Interest at
Grant Park at Administrations to
Have a New Paper-Glynn Superior
uourt In Session.
GEORGIA.
sumter county Superior Court con-
Fenes next Monday.
A widower near Fortson, who has five
children, Is to be married this week to a
Sirl IL years old.
The Middle Georgia Progress, Sanders
viiie's new paper, has made it's appear
ance. 1t is well printed eight-page
sheet.
Thomas ID, Evans, of Cherokee county,
Tell through an elevator at the store of 81.
=. d j. f. Kiser & Co., at Atlanta, Mon
uay, and received injuries which may re-
xSult in death.
~ A commission was issued at Atlanta
monday to j. g. Hart, OF Union Point, as
sCaptain of the Green Rifles. Capt. Hart
4 was elected by the company last August
when 1t was organized.
Gardening work IN Harris county is
progressing finely. Irish potatoes, Eng
iish peas, onions, spring salad, straw
perry plants and young fruit trees all
have been set out and sown.
Jesse Cox. of Harris county, was robbed
the other night of three 500 bills. The
thief broke in Mr.. CoX's house and ef-
fected the robbery while the family were
asleep. There is no clue to the thief.
.sSsker Miller was discharged from
custcaAAoa Atlanta Monday and given SIX
hours N cave town. He grabbed his
grip and set off 10 the West Point rail-
road track as soon as his prison doors
were opened.
The parties said to be connected with
the Oconee burning are giving the matter
thoTO~Sh investigation, and are tracing
the rumors to the original sources. There
may be trouble over the matter yet.
There is no foundation whatever for the
reports.
Glynn Superior Court reassembled
Monday morning with judge Atkinson
on the bench and Col. Whitfield acting
Solicitor. The case Of TAYLOR Coley, in
dicted for murder of Kitchen, at Sterling
station some time since, was called and
engaged the attention of court the entire
day.
A negro man living near the lanyard
branch at Athens, while standing in the
front doorway of his house, was delber-
ately shot at twice with pistol by some
person unknown, but supposed TO be a
white man. The negro returned the fire,
but without result, AS the person retreated
saving that he would kill him yet.
Two negro cabins on the plantation of
A. Q. Stovall, seven miles from Elberton,
were burned last Friday evening. In
one OF them there was negro boy sick
and child about two years old. The
boy escaped by jumping from window,
but the child was burned up in the house
before assistance could reach it, Cor
Dner Beck summoned jury and held an
Inquest over the remains. The jury re-
burned verdict OF accidental burning.
Messrs. Oliver & Adams, mercha nts of
ElbertOn, have filed suit in the Su perIor
Court against the Richmond and Da nville
Railroad Company, alleging that the COM
pany have damaged them the sum OF 5000
by delay in delivering a lot of meat
shipped to them from Louisville, XIV.
They say that the meat should have ar
rived fourteen days earlier Than sit did,
and that by its non-arrival they lost GUS
TONERS on account of their inability to
supply them, etc.
The Second Georgia Battalion, Col. G.
NJ. Wiley commanding, is arranging for
big competitive drill to come off May l.
The three Mason companies, the South
ern Cadets, Floyd Rifles and Macon Vol
unteers Will enter the drill, and will also
act as hosts of the visiting companies.
Invitations are being sent out all over the
State, and 1t Is expected that large
number OF companies will be in attend
ance. Special excursion rates will be OBJ
tanned ov&s the railroads, and reduced
fare at the hotels.
Americas Recorder: One of the dele
gates to the late convention from one
of - lower counties was standing
near y-l1Se Bros stables Tuesday morn.
ing when the omnibus came out to 20 to
the depot. ''Whv, who is dead?" he
asked of a bystander. "No one that |
have heard ot,' replied the other. Then
where is the hearse goIngp continued
the haymaker. The citizen gave one
plying glance at his unnamed interroga-
tor and moved slowly OFF as though avoid.
ing an epidemic.
1t is intimated that preparations are
being made to bring out new political
paper In Athens. The prospective pros
perity OF the city is assigned the reason
for this new move, but knowing gentle.
man says that the new paper viii be
ba0Sed up by strong political influences,
and that the new deal will divide things
generally. In os<er words, that there
Will be race between two newspapers
for the various ''fiuences" in that section
for the future. The proprietor of the new
paper, IL Ia SAID. was a former citizen of
Atlanta, who is now doing a lucrative
business in Athens.
The Peters Park Improvement Com
pany o! Atlanta. are preparing the titles
TO the site Tor the Technologicai school,
which was recently selected by the Tech
noloxical Commissioners. The titles
will be made to the trustees of the sta
University, and must be approved by
Hon. Matt Harris, OF Macon, chairman
of the board of Commissioners; Hon.
Henry (A6kson, trustee of the University,
and Hon james Il. Nisbet, Secretary of
the Executive department. As soon as
possible plans and bids will be in order,
and the Commissioners will lose no time
NJ pressing the work of establishing the
school.
1t has leaked out that there will soon be
n most important change in the Banner
Waterman Office of Athens. For several
days the movement has been going for
ward and the preliminary steps are now
nearly consummated. Ii. II. Phinizy, it
is said, VIII be the new addition to the
force of the Banner-W atchman "a one of
its proprietOrs. Mr.. PhiniZy is well known
ns the former proprietor OF the Athens
Chronicle. and a writer OF extra ability.
The new firm, it is reported, VIII enlarge
The Banner-W Waterman. take the daily dis
patches and add a job printing depart
nient to its mechanical and art .elster,
ances. &s.nasss
Mayor Cooper. Chief Joiner and two
members of the CIV GOunciI of ATLANTA